• Venator@lemmy.nz
    1·
    4 minutes ago

    I hope this idea is patented by a patent troll who has no intention of licensing it out for a reasonable cost…

  • imvii@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    That’s when I’d put my “smart” phone in the toaster and go dust off the Nokia 3310

  • butter@midwest.socialEnglish
    33·
    5 hours ago

    No ads, no masters.

    There’s never been a worthwhile server with unskippable or unblockable ads.

    • EldritchFeminity
      4·
      3 hours ago

      This is exactly why I stopped watching Twitch. It was the only service I tolerated ads on. Until they hit a point where the frequency and number of ads were just unbearable and I haven’t opened the site since.

      • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.netEnglish
        6·
        3 hours ago

        Like one person uses them responsibly, like specifically for bathroom breaks, forces them at specific times so people don’t miss out on content.

        • EldritchFeminity
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Twitch also requires you to do a certain number of ads per hour/amount of ad time per hour in order to hit the partnership levels for decent pay. Otherwise, IIRC, Twitch puts their own ads in and the streamer doesn’t receive any revenue from the ads.

          I think Thor over at Pirate Software did a video on it back when that whole “Twitch Adpocalypse” drama was happening.

          • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 hours ago

            Yeah, the issue is that if you don’t run ads, Twitch will just put their own in before your stream starts. And this absolutely kills any sort of discoverability for your channel; If new viewers have to watch 90 seconds of ads before they can even see your stream, they’ll just bail.

            So for the sake of growing your channel, it’s actually better to run ads. Because then your viewers aren’t immediately blasted by a ton of unskippable ads as soon as they start your stream.

          • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            1 hour ago

            You can make a black screen to cover up the ads, you can’t skip it, but you can avoid seeing it.

            Also, you can VPN to russia 😉

            Thanks, putin

            (for context: Russian IPs do not see ads because of sanctions)

          • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            Alternate Player for Twitch on firefox makes the stream load for a few seconds and makes it a little pixelated for a few seconds, but I’ve never seen an ad on it, and the feed is nearly continuous.

            Twitch adblocking could use a few more solutions, though.

        • EldritchFeminity
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Ad block software doesn’t work on Twitch anymore because they embed the ads directly into the stream.

  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    4 hours ago

    This is where you write a companion app to load the ad in a separate instance while feeding it false camera input data and continue watching in peace.

  • Freefall@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 hours ago

    We will just have sketchy apps we download happily that trick the phone into thinking we are looking, further bloating them.

  • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 hours ago

    Well, that’s certainly one way to reduce our screen time. I’ve got shelves of neglected books that need attention.

    • Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world
      10·
      6 hours ago

      At that point, retro gaming is where it’s at, or piracy, or board games, basically ANYTHING else is better than that.

      Sadly it does feel we are very close to this… 😢

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
    25·
    9 hours ago

    I don’t know if this is real but if it is, this method of forced watching something you are not interested in guarantees to create negative emotions towards that brand.

    • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
      1·
      3 hours ago

      Didn’t sony, or another tv maker, file a patent on that? Or did I eat an onion

      Yes they did, someone pointed to the drawing I saw

      • EldritchFeminity
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I believe there’s been a few like that. I think there was an eye contact one, but also one that required you to stand up during ads and another that counted the number of people in the room to make sure you bought the right number of pay per view tickets?

    • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
      15·
      8 hours ago

      Yeah but the C suite is so far removed from reality they don’t know, or don’t care to know about it. It’s not like you have much of a choice anyhow. They’ve bought up the competition, drove out the mom and pop shops. Their mentality is “yeah, but what are you gonna do about it?”

  • Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world
    21·
    11 hours ago

    I would just stop using whatever the service is. For as long as I can that is. Not long before our new dictatorship might force us to watch ads for crucial services.

    • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      41·
      15 hours ago

      relax, when the industry puts this into practice (not IF but WHEN) they will stick it very slowly in us until we get used to it and don’t even realize that we already accept it quietly without complaining

      • Uranium 🟩@sh.itjust.works
        23·
        14 hours ago

        Unironically they’re basically already doing that by having ads longer than the skip button, as you trade off ignoring the ad for the full duration and paying attention when you’re intended video starts for paying attention waiting for the “Skip Ad” button.

        Even just that short 5 seconds is enough for an ad to get embedded in your brain with enough repeated exposure.

        • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
          17·
          10 hours ago

          Maybe it’s because I’m autistic but that has the opposite effect on me. If I see your ad enough to remember the product that just means I’m going to avoid that product like a fuckin plague.

          • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
            9·
            6 hours ago

            You’re not immune to advertising and propaganda. Nobody is. Ads almost never work by directly making you think ‘i should buy this’. You’re even less immune to advertising and propaganda if you tell yourself you are, because that’ll make you less interested in working against it.

          • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            8 hours ago

            Same. If I’m interested or looking for that product, I’ll do my research.

            Just got a new pair of chukkas from a company I’ve never heard of (Thursday) based on research. Not ready to spend $500 for some boots, these were great quality at reasonable price for me.

    • mustbe3to20signs@feddit.org
      64·
      17 hours ago

      That’s not even an install. A non-camera/video chat/QR scan app demanding permanent (!) access to the camera is a big No no

            • coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              2·
              5 hours ago

              Banking apps that need the ads to authenticate you for some reason: “Nuh uh!”

              rant

              Seriously, why the fuck do they depend on everything in your system to work? On my debloated Android there are like 20 different invasive packages that I can’t disable because they break my bank’s app.

              • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                5 hours ago

                This is what credit unions are for. If you have an account, you own a piece of it. There are no billionaire investors that don’t even use the service to ruin everything.